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Phil Karlson (born Philip N. Karlstein; July 2, 1908 – December 12, 1982) was an American film director. Later noted as a film noir specialist, Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island, all with actor John Payne, in the early 1950s.
Phil Karlson (1908-1985) Director. Second Unit Director or Assistant Director. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Phil Karlson entered the film industry while a law student at Loyola Marymount University in California.
Phil Karlson. Director: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Phil Karlson entered the film industry while a law student at Loyola Marymount University in California. He got a job at Universal Pictures as a prop man, then worked pretty much any job they threw at him, from being an assistant director on several Bud Abbott and Lou Costello films to ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Phil Karlson (born July 2, 1908, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died December 12, 1985, Los Angeles, California) was an American director who was best known for his film noirs of the 1950s.
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Jun 22, 2017 · Director Phil Karlson’s best films – Tight Spot (1955), Five Against the House (1955), The Brothers Rico (1957), Hell to Eternity (1960) – present a consistent theme of betrayal, violence and revenge and an admirable bluntness of style.
Feb 18, 2011 · That’s right -- seems that Phil Karlson, the trumpeter of truth, is also a master of screen deception! And it is with THE PHENIX CITY STORY that Phil Karlson provides us with one of the most brutal and provocative dummy-deaths ever put on film!
Phil Karlson (July 2, 1908, Chicago, Illinois – December 12, 1985, Los Angeles, California) was a film director known for his no-nonsense film noirs. Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island all with actor John Payne in the early 1950s.
The Secret Ways: Directed by Phil Karlson, Richard Widmark. With Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Charles Regnier, Walter Rilla. During the 1956 Hungarian uprising, an American mercenary is hired to smuggle a Hungarian resistance leader out of Soviet-occupied Budapest.
Former gag-man (for Buster Keaton), propman, studio manager and assistant director who turned out his first feature-length film in 1944. Karlson hit his stride in the 1950s with a brace of gritty crime melodramas noted for their realistic detail and graphic violence.
Karlson hit his stride in the 1950s with a brace of gritty crime melodramas noted for their realistic detail and graphic violence… Although he received a measure of critical attention and developed something of a cult following, Karlson remained a B director for the duration of his career.
